Dodgville, Wisc., October 1947October 1947

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On October 1, 1947, a civilian in Dodgeville, Wisconsin reported a sighting at 2:00 p.m. A saucer-shaped object was seen to the northwest, moving slowly to the south. At one point it suddenly burst of speed and circled from right to left in a huge circle and moved toward the south at the same time. No sound, smell, or trail was reported. The object had a very high rate of speed while making the circles. One object was observed. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unidentified.

Reported location

Dodgville, Wisc., October 1947

Date of incident

October 1947

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

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PROJECT BLUE RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      3. CONCLUSIONS
   October 1947                     Dodgeville, Wiso              N.S. Unknown
   TIME: 2:00                                                     P-ably Balloon
                                 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         D-ably Aircraft
4. PHOTOS                       X Ground-Visual                 B-ably Balloon
   0 Yes                         □ Ground-Radar                 ? Probably Aircraft
   Z No                          □ Air-to-air                   M Well Astronomal
                                 □ Air-to-ground                P Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE  D-ably Astronomical
   One Hour                      One              NW to S        
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS                    E Other
    No description, except that a "saucer"        Unidentified.  
    was to the NW, moving slowly to the south.
    All at once in a sudden burst of speed it
    circled from right to left in a huge
    circle and moved toward the south at the
    same time. No sound, smell, or trail.
    Very high rate of speed in making the
    circles.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28929967